Paddy farmers' adaptation practices to climatic vulnerabilities in Malaysia

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 415-423

  Alam, Md Mahmudul ^a,b   Siwar, Chamhuri ^a   Molla, Rafiqul Islam ^c   Talib, Basri ^a   bin Toriman, Mohd Ekhwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Integrated Education and Research Foundation   (Bangladesh)

^c MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adaptation technique; Agricultural sustainability; Climate change; Climatic vulnerability; Farmer; Malaysia; Paddy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CLIMATE CHANGE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FOOD SECURITY; PADDY FARMING; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84858750503     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-011-9333-7     Document Type: Article

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